tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post24617399283887117..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Tender Mercies of the Lord: Sacrament Talk from a Teenager in ChinaJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-60219569072795429612012-06-29T12:25:04.376-05:002012-06-29T12:25:04.376-05:00I don't think the post you deleted was so &quo...I don't think the post you deleted was so "sour on the church". The poster merely pointed out that the teenager you cited had dismissed the fact that there are a great many people who find happiness, compassion, fulfillment and ethics without the LDS specifically and religion in general. <br /><br />I hope I'm remembering the deleted post fairly and with some accuracy. In any case it's a significant and legitimate question. A teenager who has lived inside a bubble can be forgiven for lacking awareness of things but adults holding up such an incomplete argument as exemplary is, frankly, silly and distorted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-70459914358136700332012-06-27T17:16:44.382-05:002012-06-27T17:16:44.382-05:00"Count your blessings"...
What a great t..."Count your blessings"...<br />What a great talk. Looks like the future of the Church is in good hands in China.Jamiehttp://www.nauvoostore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-412034644755967442012-06-26T11:57:57.748-05:002012-06-26T11:57:57.748-05:00Eveningsun had a good point about happiness only c...Eveningsun had a good point about happiness only coming from the church.<br /><br />I don't know if he ever grew up in a religious environment where thinking like this was the norm, but when you do, it's hard to even <i>pretend</i> life would be better off without God or the church.<br /><br />And it really isn't at first. Growing up your whole life thinking that living for Christ is the most purposeful means that leaving this faith is losing an entire perceived support system.<br /><br />it's surprising how much this is like losing your first love, though. a broken-hearted phase, a lot of sadness, but, within the year, coming out of the experience at least as happy as you were before and with a lot of lessons learned.<br /><br />I don't think it's possible to see that, though, until you've gone through it. I would've thought none of the rebounding was possible while i was still a devoted evvieOpenmindedhttp://omsthought.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-69401488156891923192012-06-25T10:08:10.683-05:002012-06-25T10:08:10.683-05:00I deleted a comment from one of our committed detr...I deleted a comment from one of our committed detractors of all things LDS because I thought the response was overly harsh. Sorry that your perspective is so sour on the Church.Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-35212885337303249842012-06-25T08:17:52.293-05:002012-06-25T08:17:52.293-05:00Two thoughts, Jeff. First, thanks for sharing thi...Two thoughts, Jeff. First, thanks for sharing this lovely talk; I really enjoyed attending church in Shanghai when I was visiting there.<br /><br />I find that our ward's youth speakers are exemplary, too -- some of our best talks are from the youth.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-28273457420651625942012-06-24T23:27:21.960-05:002012-06-24T23:27:21.960-05:00Eveningsun,
You don't have the 'recognitio...Eveningsun,<br />You don't have the 'recognition of a higher power' that she made reference to, so of course you can't imagine where she is coming from or why your lifestyle doesn't make sense to her. I feel exactly the way she does because I know what you're missing out on, even if you don't.<br /><br />And remember the girl is sixteen. She's still quite young enough to talk in absolutes without understand the statement she's making. No, she isn't dismissing the possibility that you and others without the Church can be happy; she's dismissing the possibility that after having the gospel for herself, <i>she</i> can be as happy without it as she is with it. It's a truth many members of the Church have come to understand through personal experience.Jennifer Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178321882787501859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-83937908936388037232012-06-24T11:34:42.622-05:002012-06-24T11:34:42.622-05:00Powerful words from a young one! I copied it onto ...Powerful words from a young one! I copied it onto my Uplife File, to reread on days when the world closes in. Thanks! <br /><br />debAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-28072551675119037762012-06-24T10:29:26.292-05:002012-06-24T10:29:26.292-05:00I felt the Spirit as I read the talk. I appreciat...I felt the Spirit as I read the talk. I appreciate my Heavenly Father's tender mercies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-18664806436919961392012-06-24T08:48:59.806-05:002012-06-24T08:48:59.806-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com